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Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Name: Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY livestock auction prices — 2020-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · London, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 3

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2214

← Feb 25Mar 3Mar 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

64 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 55▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 20▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 38▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of cattle sold this week were fully steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.90/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$119.90

18 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$127

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$7.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.02

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	453	120.31	545	17thin
Large 1	595	113.00	672	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.31/cwt here — about −$127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

119.90

—

KY average28 barns · 3,391 hd

127.92

−8.02

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	2,035	96.75	1,969	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,413	62.84	888	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,400	58.00	812	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	969	44.06	427	3thin

Every lot

26 lots · USDA AMS · Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	593	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	667	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	483	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	773	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	700	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	339	128.75/cwt	127.00–130.00	436	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	567	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	625	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	595	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	672	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	587	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	337	147.41/cwt	140.00–151.00	497	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	479	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	139.42/cwt	136.00–143.00	579	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	720	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	735	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,960	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,833	1
Bulls	—	—	2,110	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	2,110	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	850	42.59/cwt	41.00–44.00	362	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,100	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	638	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,208	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	568	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,400	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	812	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,517	64.45/cwt	63.00–65.00	978	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	745.00/cwt	745.00–745.00	6,333	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,688	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	990.00/cwt	990.00–990.00	9,999	1

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Wilson Livestock Market - London, KY

Tue Mar 3, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 64Last week 55Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 20Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 38Year ago 0

Compared to last week: All classes of cattle sold this week were fully steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	160.00	160.00
1	—	350	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	145.00	145.00
1	—	530	132.00	132.00
1	—	430	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	105.00	105.00
2	—	355	135.00	135.00
2	—	415	136.00–143.00	139.42
2	—	650	115.00	115.00
3	—	337	140.00–151.00	147.41
4	—	605	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	131.00	131.00
3	—	645	91.00	91.00
4	—	523	119.00–120.00	119.50
7	—	339	127.00–130.00	128.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	910	625.00	625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	745.00	745.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	990.00	990.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	41.00–44.00	42.59
1	—	1,208	47.00	47.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	58.00	58.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	58.00	58.00
3	—	1,517	63.00–65.00	64.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,960	93.50	93.50
1	—	2,110	100.00	100.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.